Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-10-07

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products. Offering advantages over Eastern an,
foreign competitors Of twelve to fifteen hundres
miles Of transportation. ii 4
Il .$.., Public Spirit. $s
So thoroughly convinced are the people o
Morrison county OF the great future before 1t
that, by minority Of over two 10. one, they yot
ed q subscription Of ono hundred thousand
dollars IN s per cent. bonds rs q bonus to be de-
liyered to the Water Power Company upon the
completion of the work.
g. l't4&: Taxation. H.. 55@%s
7 The village of Little, Falls also entered into a
contract with the Water Power Company agree.
ing TO pay annually sum Of money equal to
the taxes imposed upon that corporation, and
also to exempt from taxation any mandatory
using water power for period of five years.
Freight Rates. s..sa.. ). .sg
Advantageous freight rates can also be secured
by any party desirous of locating manufacture
<ing plant in Little Falls. .:#*"$@ ss5< ..''
.- Tho County of Morrison
In regard to Morrison county the following is
clipped from the official report: .5.z -
Morrison county occupies a central position
III the great and fertile State Of Minnesota. It
embraces forty congressional townships, nearly
ono million ncres, Only abs1t otie;tenth is Dc:
cupied; 50 1t viii be seen that there is large
amount of land in the county ye. unsettled.
Whilelnuch Of it Is owned by non-residents.
there remains considerable that can be taken
under the homestead law.
Gall things considered. land in this county is
remarkably cheap. varying according to loca-
ton. from government price, sI.25, to s25 per
acre. Excellent wild lands can be got in the vi
cinity Of good settlements for s. per acre. and, if
desired. mostly OH long time payment. While
the bulk of the land is timbered, there is still
much prairie land to be had. and while our
lands are better and cheaper than can be found
on the Wild frontier, settler coming into this
country gets all the advantages of mn old settled
community, without undergoing the hardships
and privations incident to the first settlement
and opening up of Il new county. The county
lies OH both sides Of the Mississippi river and is
we'll watercd by it and the tributaries within its
limits We have sixteen organized towns ami
fifty-one school districts Fer railroads, we have
:!!.e northern racitic passing through the west
ern part OF the county. on which we can reach
St. Paul, distant one hundred and six miles, and
the Zenith city (Duluth), one hundred ard forty
miles; from which road the Little Falls and Da-
kota branches at Little Falls, and southweste rly
to Morris, n distance OF eishty-tlve miles. Be-
sides. We have two other projected roads. Little
Falls, an embryo city. the county seat is located
OIL the Mississippi river. near the center of the
county, has population of fifteen hundred. and
possesses natural water power second to mono
in the State. unless it be that at Minneapolis. A
bill was passed at the late session Of our Legisla-
ture authorizing bonds of one hundred thousand
dollars to be voted to aid in getting the power
improved. Besides Little Falls the county con-
tains several flourishing villages. Tho popula-
tion of the county is estimated to be fifteen
thousand the population in 1880 was 5000, in
1885 was 9.oO0) and is composed of mixed pop
ulation, each nationality settling principally in
communities by themselves: consisting of Amer
leans, Germans. French. Poles. and Scandinavia
ans. with a few from the Emerald Isle. Numer-
ous churches have been built by various denon,-
nations. Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Con-
gregatfonalist. and Episcopal. Many wonder
why the great body Of emigration passes by such
an excellent country to so into barren region
to the flr,West. When understood the reason is
plainly seen. Emigration is controlled by the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company. 1t is for
their interest to carry the emigrant long "a til,
or than short distance. Those who have set
tied here have drifted here by accident; most of
them had been searching for a long time for n
desirable spot TO make n home, and fhiled to
find 1t until they reached Morrison county.
There Is still room for many more"
The Water Power.
By reference to the accompanying map, pre-
pared by Mr.. Thos. P. Shanks, the Engineer of
the company, it will be shown. first, that the